Re: Inconsistent capabilites associated with MPOL_MOVE_ALL

Michael Kerrisk
2006-03-15T00:40:56Z

> --- Ursprungliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
> An: akpm@osdl.org
> Kopie: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>, ak@suse.de,
> linux-mm@kvack.org, michael.kerrisk@gmx.net
> Betreff: Re: Inconsistent capabilites associated with MPOL_MOVE_ALL
> Datum: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:33:29 -0800 (PST)
>
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
>
> > It seems to me that setting scheduling policy and
> > priorities is also the kind of thing that might be performed
> > in apps that also use the NUMA API, so it would seem consistent
> > to use CAP_SYS_NICE for NUMA also.
>
> Use CAP_SYS_NICE for controlling migration permissions.

Ahhh -- the sweet smell of consistency...

Thanks!

Michael

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